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When there’s an overwhelming amount of incoming, it’s possible to bear down and simply get through it. 200 emails because of a product launch. A project goes viral and there are a lot of fires to put out. A deadline is imminent and it’s going to be a long night… But when the incoming becomes […]
Half a canoe is worth less than no canoe at all. On the other hand, eating half a pear is much better than not having one. You might get 85% of the value from only part of the pear. Some projects only benefit us when they’re finished all the way. Knowing this in advance is […]
Every system, every bureaucracy and every organization creates boundaries. Sooner or later, we say, “I’d love to fix this, but I’m not in charge of that.” Perhaps, though, we’ve been conditioned to say this even when it’s not true. Because being in charge means being responsible, and we may have learned that being on the […]
Complaining is a cultural phenomenon, but it’s particularly prevalent in societies with a consumer culture (the customer is always right) and those where comfort is coming to be expected. Given all the complaining we do (about the weather, leadership, products, service and various ailments), it’s worth taking a moment to think about why we complain. […]
Peter Drucker didn’t say “culture eats strategy for breakfast,” but reality rarely gets in the way of a good quote. But what does it mean? I think what ‘not Drucker’ meant was that MBA tactics will always be subverted by the power of systems, and that systems disguise themselves as culture (“what are things like […]
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When there’s an overwhelming amount of incoming, it’s possible to bear down and simply get through it. 200 emails because of a product launch. A project goes viral and there are a lot of fires to put out. A deadline is imminent and it’s going to be a long night… But when the incoming becomes […]
I know, I know, another video about shooting video in log on iPhones? I promise I’ll move on to other topics, but two events happening in one week pushed me into making this video: Samsung adding log to the Galaxy s25 Ultra My brother-in-law texting me “Do you have a fix for iPhone videos looking washed-out?” Why is log important, even to Samsung, who never met a color they didn’t crank to eleven? Why does non-log iPhone footage often look bright and desaturated in editing software? Why does log matter from a creative standpoint, not just the technical reasons I covered in my previous videos? Is it OK to shoot log in highly-compressed HEVC instead of ProRes? To answer all these questions, I’ve got my longest video yet, and some new free LUTs for working with non-log HDR iPhone footage. The meat of the video is a “Color Grade With Me” tour through some of the more interesting shots from my Peru and Taiwan travelogue edits, where I dive into the creative possibilities afforded by log. And is it worth the squeeze? Being me, I also used these topics as an excuse to share a philosophical view of how I look at any given camera. I hope you enjoy this more creative, less technical video. My goal this year is to make more, so please drop a comment on the video or on Bluesky letting me know what topics you’d like to see me cover. See More LUTs
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Half a canoe is worth less than no canoe at all. On the other hand, eating half a pear is much better than not having one. You might get 85% of the value from only part of the pear. Some projects only benefit us when they’re finished all the way. Knowing this in advance is […]
